City Of Eagle - Valnova, ID
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About City Of Eagle - Valnova
City Of Eagle - Valnova serves about 490 people through 199 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ada County, Idaho. EPA system ID: ID4010271; phone on file: 208-489-8777. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
City Of Eagle - Valnova's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Eagle - Valnova is 4 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
Against other Idaho systems
Of the 763 Idaho systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 46 have gone over at some point. City Of Eagle - Valnova's 4 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Idaho and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
52 other systems share Ada County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Eagle - Valnova. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water Idaho | 264,978 | 2 ppb |
| Meridian Water Dept | 152,070 | 3.9 ppb |
| Kuna City Of | 32,038 | 0 (not detected) |
| Star Sewer And Water Dist Water System | 14,000 | 1 ppb |
| Garden City Water And Sewer System | 12,500 | 1 ppb |
| Capitol Water Corp | 9,000 | 3 ppb |
| Eagle, City Of (Western Zone) | 6,108 | 1 ppb |
| Eagle, City Of (Eastern Zone) | 3,702 | 4 ppb |
| Idoc Sbx Complex | 3,309 | 0 (not detected) |
| Idoc Idaho State Correctional Center | 2,204 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Eagle, ID may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Eagle - Valnova whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.